Corporations are agents of the government, because they exist at the pleasure of the government. In the US, a corporation essentially requires a "license", whic

Corporations are agents of the government, because they exist at the pleasure of the government. In the US, a corporation essentially requires a "license", which is comprised of a veritable tree of federal, state and local permissions, with the papers of incorporation being at the root. Much like a driver's license, which gives the holder the privilege of driving, a corporate license gives the corporation the privilege of doing business. There is no "right" to drive or to be a corporation, and therefore, a corporation will never willfully break the rules to the extent that the government would pull its metaphoric license to exist. Wishful thinking, wherein you see corporations as possibly becoming somehow righteous, cannot alter these basic facts.